Who's moving to and from Greenville County, South Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 30,859 people in, 25,624 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+5,235 people
+3,083 households
Arrivals' income
$74.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$65.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Greenville County's newcomers came from in South Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other South Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Mecklenburg County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Spartanburg County3,406
  2. Anderson County2,010
  3. Pickens County1,555
  4. Laurens County948
  5. Charleston County498
  6. Richland County480
  7. Mecklenburg County, NC440
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)8,234

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in South Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Spartanburg County5,295
  2. Anderson County2,654
  3. Pickens County1,994
  4. Laurens County1,423
  5. Mecklenburg County, NC447
  6. Charleston County388
  7. Richland County381
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,553

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
215 people
Left for abroad
266 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Greenville usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+3,08322–23††‡†
Net migration of Greenville County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+2,065
2014–15 †+1,297
2015–16+2,162
2016–17 †+2,795
2017–18+2,445
2018–19 ‡+1,932
2019–20+2,165
2020–21+3,488
2021–22+3,113
2022–23 †+3,083

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Greenville County, South Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/greenville-county-sc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.